Family tree Weening » Poppe Merkus (1891-1953)

Personal data Poppe Merkus 


Household of Poppe Merkus

He is married to Limke Dijkstra.

They got married on March 25, 1916 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Hielke Merkus  1916-1975
  2. Gerke Merkus  1918-1996
  3. Klaas Merkus  1919-1919

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Poppe Merkus

Poppe Hylkes Merkus
1818-1892
Jitske Sytzes van der Werf
1826-1863
Bouwe Wybrens Boersma
1814-1892
Antje Elzes Postma
1818-1888

Poppe Merkus
1891-1953

1916

Limke Dijkstra
1895-1968

Hielke Merkus
1916-1975
Gerke Merkus
1918-1996
Klaas Merkus
1919-1919

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1891, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1953, Achtkarspelen
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/131769/merkus
  4. Huwelijksregister 1916, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday July 29, 1891

  • The temperature on July 29, 1891 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of marriage March 25, 1916

  • The temperature on March 25, 1916 was between -0.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
    • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
    • May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
    • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

Day of death January 8, 1953

  • The temperature on January 8, 1953 was between -7.1 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
    • February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
    • April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
    • April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
    • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
    • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.


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